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Joanne's avatar

Uncle Goofy is legendary among my siblings and me!! Howard Morris was the actor. He also was brilliant as Ernest T. Bass in The Andy Griffith Show and as Dr. Littleoldman (sp?) In High Anxiety with Mel Brooks.

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Art Holder's avatar

Re New Orleans accent, actually accents! As a native, born in 1947, there is no such thing as a single NOLA accent. We could always tell where someone lived by their accent. Even how one pronounces the city’s name, “Noo Awlins” or Uptown’s “Noo Awlyins”. Today it more difficult since the move to the suburbs. John, you might do well to spend some time studying the evolution of New Orleans accents.

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Art Holder's avatar

Re New Orleans accent, actually accents! As a native, born in 1947, there is no such thing as a single NOLA accent. We could always tell where someone lived by their accent. Even how one pronounces the city’s name, “Noo Awlins” or Uptown’s “Noo Awlyins”. Today it more difficult since the move to the suburbs. John, you might do well to spend some time studying the evolution of New Orleans accents.

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Art Holder's avatar

Re New Orleans accent, actually accents! As a native, born in 1947, there is no such thing as a single NOLA accent. We could always tell where someone lived by their accent. Even how one pronounces the city’s name, “Noo Awlins” or Uptown’s “Noo Awlyins”. Today it more difficult since the move to the suburbs. John, you might do well to spend some time studying the evolution of New Orleans accents.

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Tracey Krickovich's avatar

I noticed the people don't enunciate their ts anymore

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Con's avatar

The phrase, at the Army McCarthy hearings, was "Have you no decency?" (not "Have you no shame?")

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Dooker's avatar

Good lord John. You live in NYC and you don’t know who the Knicks are!? For shame John, for shame!!! 😁

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4OriginalMmbrsOfBlackSabbath's avatar

Why won't McWhorter just slowly scan across his collection of Library of America volumes? That's what we all want, right?

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copans's avatar

1. Pabulum/Pablum: curious linguistic note. I was told in grad school that the Grimm's Law equivalent of the English word "fodder". But I have never seen that mentioned again.

2.Mainly early 60s not 50s, but Dobie Gillis has some of the best TV writing in the Max Schulman episodes. Check out who was in season 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4dF3VUFDmiU

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